Ellen Collins to Rev. John Kimball, Dec. 21, 1868
- Title
- Ellen Collins to Rev. John Kimball, Dec. 21, 1868
- Date
- 12-21-1868
- Creator
- Ellen Collins
- Recipient
- Rev. John Kimball
- Description
- Ellen Collins of the American Freedmen's Union Commission writes to Supt. Kimball that she has received a letter from Miss Lyons (probably Theresa Lyons) at Princess Ann, Md. Collins expresses surprise that find that Lyons was sent there without any board being arranged or any advance notice of her arrival there.
- References
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Theresa Lyons
- Related Financial Supporters
- New York National Freedmen's Relief Association aka the New York Branch of the American Freedmen's Union Commission
- Source
- Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Courtesy of the U. S. National Archives and Records Administration, FamilySearch International, and the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
- Transcript
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[[strikethrough]] United States Sanitary Commission. [[/strikethrough]]
[[preprinted]] American Freedmans Union Commission,
No. [[strikethrough]] 76 John Street [[/strikethrough]] ^[[30 Vesey]] - [[strikethrough]] P.O. Box 5,733. [[/strikethrough]]
Lyman Abbott, Gen. Sec. J. M. McKim, Cor. Sec.
new York, ^[[Decr 21.]] 18^[[68]] [[/preprinted]]
Mr Jno Kimball,
I received a letter from Miss Lyons at Princess Ann, Md. today and presume that her letter to you has also been delivered.
You will not be surprised then that I must say that I was both mortified and chagrinned that no preparation had been made for this young girl, not even a place for her to board selected, indeed no one knew that she was coming.
Will you be kind enough to tell me as soon as possible what arrangement you
have made for paying her. I promised her, authorized as I supposed by your letters, that the people would provide her board, and that you would pay her $10. a month as salary drawn from the Bureau, while we would give her as much more, and pay her return expenses - I gave her $10. in advance, will you give her the same at the close of each month?
We promised this support and salary, of course must provide it, so that an early and definite answer will oblige me.
Respy
[[signature]] Ellen Collins [[/signature]]
Mem Com. &c.
Please mention also where Sebastian Paine is, I did not see his passes, - or failed to keep proper news